The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, September 10, 1909, Image 1
THE WEATHER Showers Friday and probably Saturday! moderate southerly winds, becoming variable. 8h Ctfaett 1 Wayne County Organ i Seml-Weckly Founded 1908 Weekly Founded, 1844 of the REPUBLICAN PARTY j ' HONESDALE, WAYNE GO. PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909. 66th YEAR. NO. 72 IKRAIS ItT Saratoga Conference to Revivify Party Opens. SHEPARD ELECTED CHAIRMAN. Alton B. Parker and D-Cady Her- rick, Addressing 400 Conserva tives, Urge Reforms In Present Government. Saratoga, N. Y Sept. 1). Conserva tive Democrats, numbering about 400, from all over the state are attending the great party conference which open ed hero today. They hope to agree jpon some plan by which their party may lie rehabilitated and come again to the power und Importance It held prior to Its demoralization by Uryan Ism. Thomas M. Osborne, chairman of the executive commltteu, called Uie con ference to order, and Edward M. Shep nrd was elected as permanent chair man. Addresses were delivered by former Judge Alton II. Parker and D-Cndy Derrick, both urging curtain reforms In the conduct of the party. In opening the conference Mr. Os borne said Its object was to forward the true Interests of the Democratic party and that the only way to ac complish that result wa to have a full, free and frank discussion of con ditions, eliminate those which bad caused disaster in the past and enlnrge upon thoso which show slgnB of bring ing good to tlu' greatest number. Refore taking his seat us chairman Mr. Shepard urged the necessity of partisanship, touched upon the coming mayoralty election in New York, made n strong objection to the practice of two political partloo "trading," spoke for independent voting, roasted some of the work of the last congress and como .out strongly for direct primary nominations and the election of United States senators by the people. There have been various hints and rumors concerning the underlying mo tives for the conference. It hns been said that one of the main objects Is to eliminate from activity the present chairman of the Democratic state com mittee, W. J. Connors of liuffnlo. The party, bo tlut conservative Dem ocrats thought, was already suffering sit the hands of Its so called leaders, nnd one of the very objects of the con ference Is to bring about what some of the former leaders believe would be n wholesome change. lint whatever may be some of the in cidental results of the conference, it is thoroughly agreed that it shall be for harmony. It Is the desire of the re habilitated Democrats to set such a high standard of political ethics that" out of the rejuvenation of the party all causes for criticism In the last ten or twelve years shall completely disap pear. R0BERTS01T WINS TROPHY. Makes 318 Miles In 5 Hours 52 Min utes In Auto Race. Lowell, Mass., Sept. . With the same during coolness und Judgment which have marked his exploits on other motor tracks George II. Robert son of New York drove his Simplex cur IMS miles to victory over the Mer rimack valley circuit und. left trailing behind or out of commission sixteen other aspirants for the Lowell trophy in the second national stock chassis race. Robertson maintained a ficed In t lie 5 hours ."2 minutes 1 2-5 seconds of 5-1.2 miles an hour, which wus slx tonilis better than tho average inudi' by Lewis Strang, tho winner of lust year's race. More limn .twenty minutes nfler ItolK'rtson had llown over the finish line Al Poole, driving the Italian Isot- in-rruscuiui. uasueii unuer uie wire in fsecond place, having Jumped Into that position on (he last lap. E. II. Parker in a Flat, another Italian cur. cap tured third money, nnd Robert liur innn in u I'.ulck cume in fourth. Cbmies Unl In u Renault finished fifth. WRIGHT FLIES IN BERLIN. Takes Germr.n Army Captain as a Passenger In His Aoroplane. Rerlln, Sept. il.-Orvllle Wright made two successful Illghts over the Tein pleliof parade ground, on the outskirts of Rerlln, Going aloft alone, he did twenty-four miles in thirty-six min utes. On his second illglit he carried Cap tain von Hlldebrand of the Germnn army ns a passenger nnd tlew for sev enteen minutes. A distinguished company witnessed Mr. Wright's flights, nnd fully 200,000 people were on the parade ground. Mr. Wright was enthusiastically cheer ed when he landed. GENERAL CORBIN'S DEATH. His Body Taken to Chavy Chase For Burial In Arlington. Now York, Sept. 0. Lieutenant Gen eral Henry C. Corbiu, United States army, retired, died lu ltoosevelt hos pltul after an operation. General Corblu's body has been tak en to his home at HIghwood, Chevy Chase, near Washington, and funeral arrangements will bo made there. Hurlal will be In Arlington cemetery. General Corbln would have been sixty-seven years old next Wednesday. He wus born on a farm In Clermont GENERAL HENRY C. CORR1N. county, O., and there he lived until the civil war broke out. General Corbln was made a first lieutenant in May, 1S02, resigning that commission six mouths later to accept the appointment of major lu the Fourteenth United States volunteer colored infautry. He rose rapidly and woo breveted major and lieutenant colonel nnd brigadier general of volunteers for meritorious service. On Aug. 20. lSiifi, lie entered the reg ular service. He was made n lieuten ant colonel in 188!), colonel in 181M1 and adjutant general, with the rank of brigadier general. In February, 180S. While adjutant general of the army General Corbln was one of the most familiar figures lu Washington. MANY AVIATORS FAIL. Glenn H. Curtiss Upholds His Record at Brescia Meet. Rresela, Duly. Sept. !).-The aviation meeting, in which ninny noted aero nauts will take part, opened under con ditions that were not altogether au spicious. Many thousands of specta tors gathered around the field, but they were forced to bear n number of disappointment, ns with the exception of short illghts by Glenn H. Curtiss. the American aviator, and Hleriot the attempts of the other aviators to lly were failures. Several accidents occurred. Rlerlot collided with a "tree, the propeller of his machine being broken. He him self wus not hurt. Anznul also broke the propeller of his machine In a test night, nnd Lieutenant C'alderara later came to grief in a Wright machine, which wus damaged, it wus Intended originally that Lofobvro, who wus kill ed at Juvlsy, should be the pilot of this machine. Lieutenant Calderura look ills place. Scarcely hud he start ed when the aeroplane tilted so violent ly that In the effort to bring It on an even keel the rudder was smashed. $100,000 TO MRS. F. J. GOULD. She Waives Dower Right In Former Husband's Real Estate. New York, Sept. It. Helen Kelly Gould, who procured u final decree of i divorce from Frank !. Gould on Aug. 25. has signed mi agreement relinquish ing her dower right in his real estate , holdings, und Mr. Gould has filed the j agreement in the hull of records here. I The document shows that Mrs. Gould ' received 8108.(100 for waiving her dow- : fI. ,., ,ht , ,Ilt,sl 1(1i,igs American Broker Plcad3 Guilty. I.ciikIi.ii. Sep). -.lames Cnmpliell, n New York mining broker, pleaded guilty nl the Old I'.uiley police court to (he charge of having obtained :?lo,oo0 under false pretenses by a sale of worthless stock. BLACK BASS FOR ROOSEVELT. Former President Requests Supply For British East Africa. Washington, Sept. i). Former Pros! dent Roosevelt hns requested thnt tho United States government send a sup. ply of black boss to Rrltlsh East Af rica to bo deposited In Lake Nnlvasha, Mr. Roosevelt's request was made in n personal letter to Commissioner George M. Rowers of tho bureau of fisheries, nnd it will Ik complied with If possible. Weather Probabilities. Showers; light variable winds. II Wizard of Railroads Whoso Conceptions Were as Wide as (ho Continent. Whoso Plans Com. prehended Millions and Who Organized Systems. :: :: TURNERS, N. Y., Sept. 9. Ed ward H. Harriman Is dead. The end came at 1:30 o'clock this after noon. By JAMES A. EDGERTON. T HERE have been few single fig ures in tlie world of finance the mere rumors of whose Illness would radically affect so many stocks us did that of the late Edward Henry Harriman. On his recent re turn from Europe the great Stock Ex change In Wall street spent nearly one whole day In suspense. Ruylug and selling were at a standstill. Ev erything depended upon (.he health of the little man coming up the bay. If he should prove to be on the road to recovery, up would go Union Pacific, Central Pacific, New York Central and other securities under Ids control. If he was soon to lie In a bad way, they would tumble. Until one or the other woo definitely known there was noth ing doing. His arrival sutlstlod tho brokers that tho railroad king was far from n well man. After his retreat to Arden the rumor was noised about that he in tended virtually to retire. On this mere breath his stocks were hammered down, down till Union raclflc fclftoff 0 or T points, Southern Pacific, Now York Central und others sharing In tho decline. It was a striking tribute to the man's power, a testimonial to the estimate put upon his financial mastery by Wall street. There was no sentiment In it. There never is in these bull nnd bear raids. They are ns ut terly merciless us an earthquake or a EDWARD 11. cyclone. There la not u heart beat In the whole high finance body, how ever many there may be in the indi viduals who compose it. And when tho bears pounded down those Ilurrl inan securities in tho days when their master lay 111 at Arden they merely advertised that they had been afraid of the man and showed what they would do whou the fear was even a Utile abated. Tliero uru many popular misconcep tions concerning Ilurrluinn. One Is that ho was u niun with an abnor mally large brain, which supped the lifo from his undersized body. Hani man's head was not large. It was un der rather than over tho normal size. It wus quite well proportioned to ids small stature. His body guve tho im pression of slightuess, It Is true, but it was not emaciated, except in his Inst Illness. It was wiry and quick us a steel spring. Ho was stooped, as nrc most men who think much, no wns never a careful dresser und wns quite commonplace In appearance. But the Idea that his brain ato up his body Is a mere flight of fancy. It might be said as truly of any man who is at the bead of big things In this day of gl- I suuui: uuuui iu&!U,o. .... .m . y- 1 111 Constructive Genius of tho first Order, Who Was a Director and President of Many Corpo rations. Controlled Whatever He Touched. :: :: :: :: :: He was born at Hempstead, Long Is land, In tho state of New York, Feb. j 25, 1848. He was the fourth child of J a poor Episcopalian minister whoso j salary sometimes amounted to ns much as $200 a year. It was after the future rullroad king's advent that j tho family moved to Jersey, settling In n modest portion of Jersey City Just off the Huckensack meadows. It was not n promising environment, but tliero wcro rich relations on both sides of the house. The lad went to Trin ity school In Now York, walking three ; mlloB each woy, He had a reputation, which still survives, of having been the worst boy und the smartest of his class. At tho ago of fourteen ho quit school altogether and entered a bro ker's olllce. The first year lie earned the magnificent salary of $5 a week, i and even this pittance he turned over to his father. Friend of Children. Perhaps the only beluga with whom Edward H. narrlmau the man ever entirely unbent were children. In New ' York ho wan tho head of a great lxys' Institution, a sort of combined gym nasium, club and debating society, for more than a quarter of n century. At Xrden ho was never so happy us when ho had an automobile load of little ones nnd was spinning about tho countryside. To them he wns not the cold business machine known to the world, ne vjg.s "Pop" nnrrlman, their comrade nnoSfrlend, Perhaps he was so unreserml with the children be cause they did not ask him leading questions and try to take away bis HARRIMAN. money. In the country ho was as God made him. In business he was ns Wall street made him. Tliero is n differ ence here, "o that will appear greater the more it U contemplated. Great Constructive Genius. The best two things about Mr. Har liniun were that ho was constructive and hud a national view of (hing-. He was not alone n stock manipulator, , , . t , , , ! director of tho San Pedro, Iis Angeles but n builder. History must give him and &1,t Lnko Hlllu.l)ml company, dl thls credit. It is questionable if wo rcctor of Uu, SlW(,Mulmmm ml West huvo hud any greater rullroad build- ; onl UnlIroiui companv, director of the ers than he. The manner In whicli ho , v, Vnr1. Pfrn, imiirnml eomnnnv took the rundown und bankrupt Union Pacific, went oyer tho ground und saw tho business tliero was for the line, coupled with tho subsequent courage and energy ho displayed lu pouring hundreds of millions into straighten lug and improving tho road, showed a constructive genius of tho first order. Ruthless he might havo been, yet the fact that ho did things, and big things ut that, must bo told to his praise. Tho story of bridging Great Salt lake and draining the Saltou sea is not ono that could bo told of every man, not even of every railroad king. He touched most of tho properties that came un- dcr his control only to build them up. Overcapitalize ho probably did, al though ho called It capitalizing tho fu ture. Used Wall street methods, some of them of a doubtful kind with this his enemies charged him. And Harri man had enemies, bitter and big ones, with Thcodoro Roosevelt, ex-presldcnt of tho United States, at their head. It , Is perfectly true that in the world of men he had more foes that hated him than friends that loved him. Yet when this Is said we cannot forget th-tao east side boys in New York nor tluse shouting children at Arden. A una that loves a child and Is loved by It In return cannot bo all bad. Ilarrlmnn's national vision wis shown In mnnlfold ways. Though born near New York city and living In or about It all his life, he did not have tho Now York viewpoint. Ho saw America from the onglcof tho Pacific const nnd of the central west, as well as of the east. lie had enough Imagination, to forecast the future of the country, to count on it ns a most Important factor In all his business enterprises. Ho could see tho desir ability of buying steamship lines across tho Pacific, .of planning a rail road in Mexico. Few men realized the possibilities of tho great empire building on the shores of the Pacific ocean with more clearness than Ilur rluinn. Though small in body and even In brain, ho was not small In his grasp of things. Ho thought in terms of the continent, planned in millions, built with systems. His Greatest Monument. Harriman has often boon compared to Jay Gould. In my own opinion, he wns a bigger mun than Gould und a better one. With all the abuse that has boon heaped upon him he Is en titled to that which his own deeds carved out. He was not as shrewd a man on the Stock Exchange as Gould, not as "foxy" perhaps. If you like tlie term, but he luid infinitely bigger ideals and more nuduclty a plan and exocuto great undertakings. Gould wns essentially a financier. Harriman was that nnd more, and It is the "more" that will redeem him. Tho romance of tho Pacific railroads and steamship lines and of his other great railroad deals cannot bo wiped off the slate. Whatever we may think of Harriman in Wall street or narri man In politics or nnrrlman in in surance or Harriman In Chicago nnd Alton, his work on tle Pacific empire, both this side nnd on tlie seas, will tiro the Imagination nnd compel re spect. Good nnd evil mingle In nil men. This Is the good of Harriman. It is his greatest monument. It wns recently stated that Harri man controlled 18.000 miles of rail way, or six times nctoss the conti nent; thnt these lines employ 80,000 men; that, in addition, be directed '54, 000 miles of steamship lines, mak ing 72,000 miles of transportation In nil; thnt one could go from New York to Hongkong without ever leaving tho Ilarrlmnn lines nnd that he could re turn by another route on Harriman linos nearly nil tho way. To show something of the man's great nctlvltlos, the mere corporations of which he was tho head or with which he was officially connected may j give a hint, although little more than a I hint, no had been n member of the Now ' York Stock Exchange since 1S70. He j wus president of the Oregon Railroad j and Navigation company, president of , tho Oregon Short Line, president of the 1 Southern Pacific, president of the ; Texas und New Orleans Rullroad com j pany, president of the Southern Pa cific Coast railway, president of the Oregon und California Railroad com . pany, president of tlie Central Pacific ( Railroad company, president of the i Louisiana and Western Railroad com i puny, president of Morgan's? Louisiana ' and Texas Railroad und Steamship company, president of the Pnclllu Mail i Steamship company, president of the . Railroad Securities company, president of the Southern Pacific Terminal cum j pany, president of the Portland and I Asiatic Steamship company, president I of the Union Pacific, chairman of the , executive committee of the Wells Fnr i go company, director of tlie Illinois 1 Central Railroad company, director of ! tlie Unltlmore and Ohio Rullroad com ! puny, director of the Erie Railroad company, director of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, director of the Western Union Telegraph company, di rector of the National City Rank of New York, director of the Chicago and Alton Railroad company, director of i t))0 1V,.0 Mllr(liu,t(l, Railroad company, ' m, ,uu t0 gl,y notuB f tho , KquUablo Assurance society, of which ho was ouco a director, but from which lie resigned during tfco Hughes investi gation. Controlled Whatever He Touohed. After reading nil that list one can wonder not only that he died so soon, bUt tuut jj0 lived so long, for be it understood that Edward II. Harriman was no mere perfunctory director. Whatever ho touched ho controlled either that or something broke. Ho was not a dummy. Nor could he have controlled all theso properties, only a o - J3 he could have owned 3 s his business assocl j greatest confidence j nnd ability. It was si iiilzntlon, of construe- fraction of v personally, i atcs rcposc In his lntcf.' his power ol tlon, his liu. to knowledge of the whole country ns It related to railroad- ng, his daring methods and his suc cess that won him their allegiance. He became far and away the greatest railroad power of his day and perhaps of any day that tho country has yet known. There may bo railroad kings In future that will control more mile age, but none up to his own time. His lntest dream of making the Now York Central n part of his gigantic system was coming to fruition only when death snatched him away from It. Even as it wus, the greatest of our railroads was listed us a Harriman property, oud Its stocks moved In sym pathy with his group. To combine that old and rich system with his Pa cific roads into one gigantic whole was the work of a financial titan. It waa not u thing that a small man would even havo dared to plan. Another cherished dream of a more Intimate nature was on tho ovo of ac complishment, but wns never to be realized. For more than a score of years Mr. Harriman had owned an es tate of 35,000 acres near Arden over looking Tuxedo Park, nere, on tho top of one of the Ramnpo mountains, he wns finishing a great castlo thnt was to have lcen his home In old ago. Here ho went for tho "after euro" when he returned from his vain health seeking in Europe, and here, amid the sound of hammers as workmen com pleted tho laBt wing of tho house, ho breathed his last. It waa a fitting music to toll out tho life of one whose chief claim to men's retard Is that ho was n builder. HUGHES AT ONEIDA FAIR. Governor Says Representatives With out Collars on Necks Are Needed. Rome, N. Y., Sept. 0. Ten thousand people crowded around tho speakers' stand at the Oneida county fulr hero to listen to nn address by Governor Hughes, who said: "We want representatives at Albany without collars about their necks. Tha days have gone by of open election cor ruption. When we have founded u country based on manhood suffrage what an awful thing it is to pollute that fountuln ut Its source, the ballot box. No mun who will do It ought to be able to hold up his head in nn lion est community. We must look to tho nominating machinery as much as to he election mnchinery. "The people do not injESwid to let any coterie nor clique take away the rights which belong to the many. A grent movement is here. It cannot be stop ped, because it is in accord with tho spirit of a free country. The grentest security we enn have is the intelligent play of public opinion. "People nre discussing things, nnd you can trust public opinion better than you cun trust some man who sniffs at tho idea that people can man age public affairs. "A few who make a business of po litical activity run things. That Is not American. We should let the enrolled voters control the primaries. The con vention, as a rule. Is not representa tive. Sometimes It may bo, but gener ally It Is not. The way to get repre sentative legislature Is to make the nominations come directly from tho party voters. Political leaders should stand before the people, resting upon the suffrages of the people. It Is best to recognize party organization, but nt the same time it should be held strictly accountable to the members of the party. "Why should plurality vote at the primaries be more feared than nt the election?" HARRIMAN KEPT ALIVE. Oxygen Continuously Used to Sustain Vitality He lias High Fever. Arden. N. Y., Sept. St. Edward II. Ilarrinuui Is being kept, alive by tho frequent administration of oxygon. Ho Is extremely weak, lie has a high fe ver, which Is being relieved by Ico packs and alcohol baths. It Is learned on excellent nuthorlty that Mr. Ilaniiuaii has been In bed since Friday, ton weak to be moved. He I under the constant care of a corps of physicians and nurses, nnd, although Dr. I.yle law wild ho Is "bet tor," the conclusion N thai the olllclul "Improvement" may be freely con strued as it change from a crisis to a state of grave danger. Mr. Harrluian'H condition Is still extremely critical. An obstinate report from Wall street thnt Mr. llunininn wns operated on for a cancerous growth wns denied by his superintendent. Mr. Ford. "There Is not a word of (ruth in It," he said. "I have been nbout the plnco all day and every day, and If thero had been an operation I inn sure I should have known It. If I wero put under oath I should say that I do not believe that an operation has been per formed." Mr. Ford admitted thnt other physi cians were at the house besides Dr. Lyle. He did not know who they were. He had not seen Mr. Harriman since Hst Friday.